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Untitled
Rudy Montoya
Fine Art Drawings - 50.8 x 20.3 x 2.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 20 x 8 x 1 inch
€440
Emigration for love
Ekaterina Shitova
Painting - 29 x 21 x 0.1 cm Painting - 11.4 x 8.3 x 0 inch
€300
Untitled (La Huella Múltiple)
José Angel Toirac
Print - 20.6 x 20.6 x 0.1 cm Print - 8.1 x 8.1 x 0.05 inch
€293
Pregnant lady blue
Gertruud Hartog
Sculpture - 31 x 24 x 10 cm Sculpture - 12.2 x 9.4 x 3.9 inch
€125
Blue Portrait 1979 Collection MMCA National Museum Modern Contemporary Art Seoul
Boong Hyun Choi
Painting - 115 x 88 x 0.3 cm Painting - 45.3 x 34.6 x 0.1 inch
€12,950
The sleepwalker
Stéphane Moscato (STF)
Painting - 90 x 65 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch
€2,600
Moi, grand-mère et Simeon du desert
Daniele Steardo
Fine Art Drawings - 150 x 110 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 59.1 x 43.3 x 0.4 inch
€6,500
L'impératrice - la maison de Dieu.x
Lili Ruby Chomat
Photography - 42 x 29.7 x 0.1 cm Photography - 16.5 x 11.7 x 0 inch
€150
The Fun Archaeology #1 - “Bosom Oddities”
Thomas Mailaender
Photography - 70 x 50 x 0.4 cm Photography - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.2 inch
€80
The Continuous Metamorphical Rebel Image of Kryston Kitch
G Imaginations
Sculpture - 45.72 x 20 x 20 cm Sculpture - 18 x 7.9 x 7.9 inch
€4,200
Ellis
Cyril Raymond
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 42 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 16.5 x 0.1 inch
€400
Early Stages of the game
Nicky Nodjoumi
Painting - 182.9 x 134.6 x 5.1 cm Painting - 72 x 53 x 2 inch
€44,000
Duel d'après le film de Steven Spielberg, 1971
Fabrice Montignier
Fine Art Drawings - 37 x 37 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 14.6 x 14.6 x 0.4 inch
€390
Scarf gold and dollars
Lef Draw
Fine Art Drawings - 13.2 x 15.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 5.2 x 6.1 x 0 inch
€130
Comtesse PiouPiou
Valentine Burlan
Fine Art Drawings - 45 x 30 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 17.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
€79
Senti come suona il tun tun di Cinzia
Chiara Scarpone
Print - 70 x 50 cm Print - 27.6 x 19.7 inch
€400
Blue hair don't care
Emmanuel Tissandier
Painting - 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch
€2,000
Global Warning
Chantal Westby
Fine Art Drawings - 6.6 x 15.5 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 2.6 x 6.1 x 0 inch
€100
Confessions of the smoking nun
Formento+Formento Terry Pastor
Photography - 91 x 150 x 5 cm Photography - 35.8 x 59.1 x 2 inch
€5,000
Joker HAHAHA
Rodolph Planchais ROD
Painting - 156 x 128 x 20 cm Painting - 61.4 x 50.4 x 7.9 inch
€29,600
N° 680 Lactation à Saint Bernard (fragment)
R. Cavalié
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 32 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 12.6 x 0.1 inch
€540
To protect your heart
Amor de Agua
Sculpture - 6.5 x 6 x 1.5 cm Sculpture - 2.6 x 2.4 x 0.6 inch
€50
E2
Jean-Paul Veison Marcelli
Photography - 20 x 30 x 0.3 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch
€157
Jour de marché à Bamako
Christiane Bernais
Fine Art Drawings - 41.5 x 31.5 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.3 x 12.4 inch
€650
Me
Johanna Sanna
Fine Art Drawings - 39 x 29 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.4 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch
€500
City Lovers
Anthea Missy
Fine Art Drawings - 80 x 100 x 3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 31.5 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€2,500
Hiver
Corinne Foucouin
Fine Art Drawings - 21 x 13.5 x 0.05 cm Fine Art Drawings - 8.3 x 5.3 x 0 inch
€120
Mascarade
Kristina Malashchenko
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 21 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 8.3 x 0.4 inch
€490
Perfect Pattern Wallplate - Eyes Open
Roco Studio
Design - 30 x 30 x 3 cm Design - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch
€115
Line Obsession
Delphine Diallo
Photography - 30 x 22 x 2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 8.7 x 0.8 inch
€2,750
Jeune garçon adossé au mur
Jules Pascin
Fine Art Drawings - 31 x 20 x 0.1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.2 x 7.9 x 0 inch
€850
She’s not there
Gabrielle Rul
Fine Art Drawings - 63 x 60 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 24.8 x 23.6 x 0.4 inch
€700
O último beijo (Le dernier baiser)
Renata Andrade
Sculpture - 27 x 21 x 31 cm Sculpture - 10.6 x 8.3 x 12.2 inch
€1,000 €900
Yanig dans le jardin
Samuel Perche
Painting - 100 x 80 x 2.6 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.5 x 1 inch
€2,800
Ocre - Sospita
Alexandra Sans Massó
Fine Art Drawings - 39.5 x 29.7 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 15.6 x 11.7 x 0.1 inch
€300
Colin Maillard
Francis Bellanger
Fine Art Drawings - 62 x 39 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 24.4 x 15.4 x 0.1 inch
€1,700
Mathilde
Guy Delaroque
Fine Art Drawings - 30 x 50 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings - 11.8 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
€700
The Red Jacket (d'après Soutine)
Michael Bastow
Fine Art Drawings - 100 x 70 x 1 cm Fine Art Drawings - 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.4 inch
€5,300
Kate Moss At 16
Jake Chessum
Photography - 101 x 51 x 0.01 cm Photography - 39.8 x 20.1 x 0 inch
€3,200
Elena Mar, odalisca en mio patio
Alberto García-Alix
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
€5,000
Portrait
Portraits are one of the oldest genres of painting known to art, and it first appeared in ancient Egypt. For several centuries, there was a tendency to idealize features in order flatter important patrons for whom the portrait was for. Then, progressively, artists started to turn to ordinary people for their sitters, with fewer requirements limiting their choices, they were able to paint increasingly realist works.
Portraiture was influenced by the many movements of the 20th century and, rather than getting closer to reality, painters used portraits as a means to experiment with new artistic techniques and theories. Photography and sculpture followed a similar path, thus showing the incredible creativity and interpretation of artists.
Today there is an enormous variety of unusual portraits that don't aim flatter their sitters in the least but rather be expressive. Disfigured faces, surprising collages, distorted human forms and even creatures that are half-human, half-animal: there are no rules and creativity flows!